Some Democrats are more equal than others

Class is the great unmentionable in the Obama-Clinton campaigns.
US progressives want to diversify the elite across colour, gender
and ethnic background, while accepting ever greater inequalities of wealth between the elite and the rest of the nation.

by Walter Benn Michaels

There have been two defining moments related to race in the Obama campaign, and more generally in United States progressive politics. The first was in January on the night of the Illinois senator’s victory in South Carolina when, in response to comments by Bill Clinton about the size of the (...)